The decision to pick McCartin.

[Enrico_Misso]

Why on earth would Sydney recruit a diabetic who can never reach elite fitness levels?
They must be stupid.

[bigred]

Meanwhile Petracca is looking at a seven year 900k deal.

[Ape_Man]

Paddy got 5 weeks, blood sugar level out of whack and so he was agitated and went whack.

Love when ignorance thinks it's funny.

Classy.

[SaintPav]

Is it the same Aaron Black that played for Norf and the pussies?

[Wayne42]

Paddy got 5 weeks, blood sugar level out of whack and so he was agitated and went whack.

Love when ignorance thinks it's funny.

Classy.

What are you on about ?

[Ape_Man]

Paddy got 5 weeks, blood sugar level out of whack and so he was agitated and went whack.

Love when ignorance thinks it's funny.

Classy.

What are you on about ?

I thought it was obvious.

But if you need explaining, you took the blood sugar defense and decided to make fun of it.

But good on you for rhyming whack with whack.

[Wayne42]

Paddy got 5 weeks, blood sugar level out of whack and so he was agitated and went whack.

Love when ignorance thinks it's funny.

Classy.

What are you on about ?

I thought it was obvious.

But if you need explaining, you took the blood sugar defense and decided to make fun of it.

But good on you for rhyming whack with whack.

Not my intention, but too bad.

[Ape_Man]

Paddy got 5 weeks, blood sugar level out of whack and so he was agitated and went whack.

Love when ignorance thinks it's funny.

Classy.

What are you on about ?

I thought it was obvious.

But if you need explaining, you took the blood sugar defense and decided to make fun of it.

But good on you for rhyming whack with whack.

Not my intention, but too bad.

Fair enough mate.

I think I am just getting tired of shots being fired at Paddy for having an auto immune disease.

[The_Dud]

Meanwhile Petracca is looking at a seven year 900k deal.

But he was always going to walk to Collingwood, right?

That's what the "insiders" keep telling us.

Well he's leaving the run a bit late now!

[Impatient Sainter]

Just to rub our recruiting atrocities in some more, Petracca signs a 7 year deal with Melbourne. The way he is going this year he will win the Brownlow also.

Plus 2018 we take Matthew Parker #47 & Hawthorn take Jacob Koschitzke #52 who looks for all money will be a 12 year player for them.

[saynta]

Just to rub our recruiting atrocities it in some more, Petraaca signs a 7 year deal with Melbourne. They way he is going this year he will win the Brownlow also.

Plus 2018 we take Matthew Parker #47 & Hawthorn take Jacob Koschitzke #52 who looks for all money will be a 12 year player for them.

Yep.

[lewdogs]

The decision to take McCartin was an unmitigated disaster. It was that at the time, and now it's even worse.

But perhaps the cloud had a silver lining.

It highlighted the need for drastic change at the club. So when Lethlean came in, he could have a clear vision of how our recruiting was failing.

Let's say we pick Petracca, it may have papered over the cracks in our recruitment.

If you look at the past few years, our drafting and player recruitment has improved enormously. I'm still sick that we picked Paddy, but you have to hope that some good came out of it. And I think it did.

[Waltzing St Kilda]

To add insult to injury, they let it be widely known that Petracca had failed his psych test. "In three years I'll be at Collingwood anyway" and all that.

Covering their arses. And failing miserably even at that.

[Impatient Sainter]

Lewdogs would rather have Petracca on our list and take the risk on the recruiting team. That sought of error costs club premierships and haunts club for decades eg Buddy & Roughead.

[Ghost Like]

Lewdogs would rather have Petracca on our list and take the risk on the recruiting team. That sought of error costs club premierships and haunts club for decades eg Buddy & Roughead.

Yes, quite bizarre to link that being the catalyst to improve our overall list management, all thanks to Lethlean. So now we not only fail with picking #1s, we fail in our recruitment of "big fish".

Both cost, just in different ways. Some tangible, others financially with their own ongoing liabilities when it relates to list management.

[skeptic]

And to think there are still people here that think McCartin is the goods smh

[lewdogs]

Lewdogs would rather have Petracca on our list and take the risk on the recruiting team. That sought of error costs club premierships and haunts club for decades eg Buddy & Roughead.

Not sure Buddy and Roughead have haunted Richmond for decades.

[lewdogs]

Lewdogs would rather have Petracca on our list and take the risk on the recruiting team. That sought of error costs club premierships and haunts club for decades eg Buddy & Roughead.

Yes, quite bizarre to link that being the catalyst to improve our overall list management, all thanks to Lethlean. So now we not only fail with picking #1s, we fail in our recruitment of "big fish".

Both cost, just in different ways. Some tangible, others financially with their own ongoing liabilities when it relates to list management.

Our recruiting recently has been a big success. Look at last year, Hill Jones Butler Howard and Ryder. Arguably the best trade haul in recent times and sent us into the finals.

[Ghost Like]

Lewdogs would rather have Petracca on our list and take the risk on the recruiting team. That sought of error costs club premierships and haunts club for decades eg Buddy & Roughead.

Yes, quite bizarre to link that being the catalyst to improve our overall list management, all thanks to Lethlean. So now we not only fail with picking #1s, we fail in our recruitment of "big fish".

Both cost, just in different ways. Some tangible, others financially with their own ongoing liabilities when it relates to list management.

Our recruiting recently has been a big success. Look at last year, Hill Jones Butler Howard and Ryder. Arguably the best trade haul in recent times and sent us into the finals.

Yes, arguably is the best precursor for it. However the fingerprints over the Hannebery deal will be his legacy as the five you mentioned rise and fall with the tide of win / loss. Not just on here but the media as well.

[Impatient Sainter]

Lewdogs would rather have Petracca on our list and take the risk on the recruiting team. That sought of error costs club premierships and haunts club for decades eg Buddy & Roughead.

Yes, quite bizarre to link that being the catalyst to improve our overall list management, all thanks to Lethlean. So now we not only fail with picking #1s, we fail in our recruitment of "big fish".

Both cost, just in different ways. Some tangible, others financially with their own ongoing liabilities when it relates to list management.

Our recruiting recently has been a big success. Look at last year, Hill Jones Butler Howard and Ryder. Arguably the best trade haul in recent times and sent us into the finals.

Yes they did improve the list, but they need sustained sucess to win a flag. This year we are most likely going to miss the finals?

Hill is completely over rated & over payed.
Ryder will be lucky to play out the year and we still dont have a replacement.

The same recruiting team have had as many misses at the draft as they have had sucess stories, so I wouldnt be rating our recruiting that highly.

[lewdogs]

Lewdogs would rather have Petracca on our list and take the risk on the recruiting team. That sought of error costs club premierships and haunts club for decades eg Buddy & Roughead.

Yes, quite bizarre to link that being the catalyst to improve our overall list management, all thanks to Lethlean. So now we not only fail with picking #1s, we fail in our recruitment of "big fish".

Both cost, just in different ways. Some tangible, others financially with their own ongoing liabilities when it relates to list management.

Our recruiting recently has been a big success. Look at last year, Hill Jones Butler Howard and Ryder. Arguably the best trade haul in recent times and sent us into the finals.

Yes they did improve the list, but they need sustained sucess to win a flag. This year we are most likely going to miss the finals?

Hill is completely over rated & over payed.
Ryder will be lucky to play out the year and we still dont have a replacement.

The same recruiting team have had as many misses at the draft as they have had sucess stories, so I wouldnt be rating our recruiting that highly.

Why would Ryder be lucky to play out the year? Looks in great form and condition, reckon we'd be hoping to get at least two more years from him.

Obviously we need sustained success and improvement to win a flag. I'd argue we improved again through Crouch and Higgins. May miss finals this year but improvement isn't always linear. Look at Melbourne.

Anyway my original point was that the Petracca miss was absolutely awful, but maybe we've improved in our drafting and recruiting since then. I guess that's still up in the air, but I think the club is moving in the right direction now.

And I'm not writing off this season just yet.

[Wayne42]

I think the club has improved it's trading for players, i'm not so sure it's drafting of players has improved, look at Sandy, there's some proof right there.

[bigred]

Systematic incompetence.

[Yorkeys]

Christian stops by Hannebery's coffee shop and wellness centre: Hi CP, should have called before signing. Don't tip your manager, I could have got you same money and you wouldn't have to play. How good is that. Give me bell in 7, unless you plan to do a Grundy, that's not a bad plan b.